A Western special ops unit called the Mozart Group is training Ukrainian recruits. Volunteers offer crash courses in military tactics that are expected to last at least six months normally.
One of the former US Marines yells, "Stand by." The next signal is "Threat!" and a barrage of gunfire reverberates throughout a deserted quarry on a Ukrainian hillside merely a few miles from the front lines of battle.
In the 30C heat, sweat from the men is mixed with dust that the bullets have st...